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One  Hundred  Healthfully 
Heated  Homes 


Abram  Cox  Stove  Company 

ORIGINATORS  OF  THE 

Novelty  System  of  Heating 
and  Ventilating  for  Residences 
and  Other  Buildings 


‘“Pure  Jlir  is  the  World's  $est  eXCedicine’ ’ 


American  and  Dauphin  Streets,  Philadelphia 
19  West  Lake  Street,  Chicago 


Copyright,  1909,  by 
Abram  Cox  Stove  Company 


AVERY  LIBRARY 
COLUMBIA  UNIVERSITY 


HEATING  AND  HEALTH 

*  I  'HERE  is  nothing  else  in  the  physical  environment 
1  of  the  human  race  so  potent  for  promoting, 
preserving  and  restoring  health  as  pure  air.  There 
exists  no  malady  in  which  the  intelligent  medical 
practitioner  does  not  to-day  insist  that  the  patient 
must  be  furnished  with  pure  air.  There  are  diseases 
for  which  the  sole  treatment  applied,  in  many  cases, 
under  modern  practice,  is  simply  the  continuous 
breathing  of  and  living  in  pure,  fresh  air. 

It  is  not  difficult  to  secure  an  adequate  supply  of 
pure  air  in  a  house  in  summer,  but  during  the  winter 
months  few  houses  are  properly  ventilated.  A  house 
ipay  be  heated  in  such  a  manner  as  to  absolutely 
prevent  the  possibility  of  having  pure  air  in  its 
various  rooms  in  sufficient  volume  to  maintain  a 
healthful  condition,  and  millions  of  houses  are  so 
heated,  among  these  being  all  houses  heated  partly 
or  wholly  by  “direct”  radiators  located  in  the  rooms 
or  apartments. 

The  homes  pictured  in  this  little  book  as  a  few  ex¬ 
amples,  among  many,  of  houses  wherein  the  Novelty 
System  of  Heating  and  Ventilating  has  been  installed, 
are  all  healthfully  heated  and  ventilated,  though  not  all 
of  them  are  equipped  with  the  formal  scheme  of  venti¬ 
lation  which  is  a  part  of  the  complete  Novelty  System. 
But  it  is  impossible  to  properly  heat  a  building  by 
pouring  pure  warm  air  into  it,  as  is  done  by  a  correctly 
installed  Novelty  Warm  Air  Plant,  without  frequently 
changing  and  renewing  the  air  in  every  room. 


EXPLANATION  OF  THE 
NOVELTY  SYSTEM 


I.  With  the  Novelty  System  perfect  heating  and  perfect  venti¬ 
lation  are  accomplished  at  no  greater  cost  than  that  of  the  unsani¬ 
tary,  unsightly  plan  of  heating  without  ventilation  by  the  direct 

radiation  steam  or  hot  water 
method. 

2.  The  Novelty  System  pro¬ 
vides  definite,  clear,  absolutely  cor¬ 
rect  rules  for  determining  the  right 
capacity  of  Novelty  Heater  to  use  in 
any  given  building,  the  right  size 
and  location  for  every  pipe,  flue, 
register,  ventilating  shaft,  ventilat¬ 
ing  duct  and  cold  air  duct,  and  plain 
directions  for  carrying  out  every 
other  detail  of  the  installation  of  a 
perfect  heating  and  ventilating  plant-. 
These  rules,  while  easily  under¬ 
stood  and  easily  applied,  conform  strictly  to  the  scientific  facts  of 
heating  and  ventilating,  and  no  case  of  failure  has  ever  been 
registered  against  a  plant  installed  in  accordance  with  them. 

3.  The  heating  apparatus  specified  and  installed  in  a  given 
case  under  the  Novelty  System  not  only  has  sufficient  capacity 
to  easily  furnish  the  heat  required  without  forcing  the  heater  in 
the  slightest  degree,  but  it  is  also  absolutely  gas  tight  and 
extremely  durable. 

The  joints  of  the  Novelty  Heater  are  few  and  every  joint  is  a 
packed  asbestos  gasket  joint,  impervious  to  gas  or  smoke  or  dust. 

4.  Under  the  complete  Novelty  System,  pure,  warm  air  is 
poured  into  each  room  in  large  volume  and  at  a  comparatively 
low  temperature,  while  the  older,  colder  and  impurer  air  is 


SPECIAL  NOVELTY  WARM 
AIR  HEATER 


removed  at  the  bottom  of  the  room,  conveyed  to  a  ventilating 
shaft  and  thrown  out  of  the  building.  The  air  in  the  house  is 
constantly  being  renewed  and  its  purity  is  assured. 

Under  the  Novelty  System  perfect  cleanliness  as  well  as 
perfect  purity  of  the  air  is  maintained. 

(The  Novelty  System  must  not  be  confounded  with  the 
ordinary  “  furnace  job,”  which  is  frequently  deficient  in  capacity, 
grossly  faulty  in  installation  and  therefore  unsatisfactory  in  results.) 

INSURING  CORRECT  INSTALLATION 
OF  THE  NOVELTY  SYSTEM 

The  Novelty  Furnace  Handbook  is  the  text-book  of  the  Novelty 
System  and  contains  complete  directions  which  enable  architects 
and  heating  contractors  to  in¬ 
stall  the  Novelty  System  cor¬ 
rectly  in  any  residence  or 
other  building.  We  assume 
full  responsibility  for  the 
Novelty  System  and  our  un¬ 
qualified  guarantee  is  back  of 
every  case  in  which  it  is  in¬ 
stalled. 

We  do  not  make  specific 
plans  for  heating  and  venti¬ 
lating  a  given  building  under 
the  Novelty  System  for  the  TWO  IDEAL  NOVELTY 
purpose  of  having  such  plans  HEATERS  IN  BATTERY 

used  by  heating  contractors  FORM 

or  salesmen  in  trying  to  secure  contracts.  But  we  do  make  plans, 
free  of  charge,  for  architects  or  for  owners  after  the  contracts  have 
been  awarded  for  the  Novelty  System  or  after  the  Novelty 
System  has  been  definitely  accepted  and  adopted. 

These  plans,  as  we  make  them,  are  complete  and  explicit, 


and  show  exactly  how  the  installation  should  be  accomplished 
in  every  detail. 

We  have  many  customers  among  heating  contractors  who 
are  perfectly  competent  to  install  the  Novelty  System,  in  fact, 
the  Novelty  System  can  be  installed  by  any  mechanic  of  good 
ordinary  ability  who  will  follow  the  rules  laid  down  in  the  Novelty 
Furnace  Handbook,  but  no  heating  contractor  who  is  not  suffi¬ 
ciently  enlightened  to  be  an  enthu¬ 
siastic  believer  in  the  System  should 
be  permitted  to  attempt  to  install  it 
unless  he  is  furnished  with  a  heating 
and  ventilating  plan. 

While  it  is  true  that  any  archi¬ 
tect,  by  making  plans  in  accordance 
with  the  rules  and  directions  of  the 
Novelty  Furnace  Handbook,  can 
provide  for  the  correct  installation 
of  the  Novelty  System,  and  any 
competent  heating  contractor  or 
sheet  metal  worker  can  properly  in¬ 
stall  the  plant  in  conformity  with 
such  plans,  yet  we  are  pleased 
(particularly  for  the  first  case  of  installation  of  the  System  by  any 
architect  or  heating  contractor)  to  make  the  heating  and  venti¬ 
lating  plans,  free  of  charge,  upon  the  application  of  the  owner, 
the  architect  or  the  heating  contractor. 

ABRAM  COX  STOVE  COMPANY 

ORIGINATORS  OF  THE 
NOVELTY  SYSTEM  OF  HEATING 
AND  VENTILATING 


IDEAL  NOVELTY  WARM 
AIR  HEATER 


AMERICAN  AND  DAUPHIN  STREETS,  PHILADELPHIA 
19  WEST  LAKE  STREET,  CHICAGO 


Residence  of  Mr.  William  L.  Peet,  Cleveland  Park,  D.  C. 

Mr.  Frederick  B.  Pyle,  Architect,  Washington,  D.  C. 

*  Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  52  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  the  M.  C.  Mitchell 
Company,  No.  3100  M  Street,  N.  W. 


House  contains  16  Rooms,  including  Reception  Hall  and  2  Baths, 

with  total  actual  cu.  ft.  . . 26,91 1 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft! . .  602 

Exposed  wall  surface -net  sq.  ft . 2,087 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  88,757 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Philip  Herrmann,  Twenty -third  Street  and 
Wyoming  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mr.  Appleton  P.  Clark,  Jr.,  Architect,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  two  No.  52 
Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  installed  in  battery  form  by 
the  M.  C.  Mitchell  Company,  No.  3100  M  Street,  N.  W. 


House  contains  1 7  Rooms,  including  Hall  and  4  Baths,  with  toi 


actual  cu.  ft . .  58,450 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft . . . .  .  974 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  6,123 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  180,559 


Residence  of  Mr.  Gloss  K.  Mohr,  Seminole  Avenue, 

Saint  Martins,  Pa. 

Messrs.  Savery,  Scheetz  &  Savery,  Architects,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  60  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  the  Hygiene  Heating 
Company,  No.  929  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia 


House  contains  21  Rooms,  including  Reception  Hall  and  3  Baths, 


with  total  actual  cu.  ft .  32,448 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  720 

Exposed  wall  surface — net—  sq.  ft .  2,885 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  115,007 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Norman  W.  Cramp,  Seminole  Avenue, 


Saint  Martins,  Pa. 

Messrs.  Savery,  Scheetz  &  Savery,  Architects,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  72  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  the  Hygiene  Heating 
Company,  No.  929  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia 


House  contains  27  Rooms,  including  large  Reception  Hall  and  5 


Baths,  with  total  actual  cu.  ft . . .  50,086 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft . .  884 

Exposed  wall  surface— net — sq.  ft .  5,369 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  152,943 


Residence  of  Mr.  Abram  C.  Mott,  Jr.,  Lansdale,  Pa. 

Mr.  Edgar  V.  Seeler,  Architect,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  23-48 
Hermetic  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  the  Hygiene 
Heating  Company,  No.  929  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia 


House  contains  12  Rooms,  including  Reception  Hall  and  2  Baths, 


with  total  actual  cu.  ft . . . 1 7,7 1 1 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft . .  375 

Exposed  wall  surface  -  net — sq.  ft . .  1,887 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  63,71 1 


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Residence  of  Mr.  E.  W.  Manderson,  No.  129  Valley  Road, 

Ardmore,  Pa. 

Messrs.  Mclivain  &  Roberts,  Architects,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  with  a  No.  60  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air 
Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs  J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  No.  2002  Market 
Street,  Philadelphia 


House  contains  total  actual  cu.  ft .  29,485 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  631 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  3,024 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  101,000 


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“  Tlie  White  House,”  residence  of  Mrs.  C.  L.  Childs, 

Lakewood,  N.  J. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  Novelty  Gravity  Warm  Air  System  with 
one  No.  48  Ideal  Novelty  and  one  No.  40  Novelty  A  Furnaces, 
installed  by  Mr.  J.  Fred.  Stephenson,  Lakewood,  N.  J. 


This  beautiful  house  has  a  very  large  amount  of  glass  surface, 
the  equivalent  cubic  feet  in  the  building  being  somewhat  in 
excess  of  the  formal  ratings  of  the  two  furnaces  named  above. 
Yet  the  house  is  thoroughly  heated  and  health fnllv  ventilated. 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Effingham  B.  Morris*.  Ardmore,  Pa. 

Messrs.  Furness  &  Evans,  Architects,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  with  one  No.  48  and  one  No.  60  Ideal  Novelty 
Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  No.  2002  Market 
Street,  Philadelphia 


Actual  cti.  ft.  of  space  in  building . .  55,600 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  1,180 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft.  .  4,875 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  183,100 


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Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  in  house . .  ,  .  .  1 7,360 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  388 

Exposed  wall  surface— net — sq.  ft .  1,690 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  59,980 


Residence  of  Mrs.  Virginia  Spong,  Valley  Road,  Ardmore,  Pa. 

Mr.  T.  Mellon  Rogers,  Architect,  Devon,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  with  a  No.  44  Ideal  Novelty  Furnace,  in¬ 
stalled  by  Messrs.  J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  No.  2002  Market  Street, 
Philadelphia 


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Actual  cu.  ft.  in  house . . . 19,200 

Glass  surface — sq.  ft .  .  450 

Wall  surface — net — sq.  ft . . .  2.480 

Measure  of  heating  requirements,  equivalent  cubic  feet  .  72,790 


Residence  of  Mr.  Paul  Millis,  Byron,  Illinois 

Mr.  J.  A.  Leonard,  Architect 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System 

Heating  apparatus.  No.  348  Novelty  B  Warm  Air  Furnace 

Installed  by  Messrs.  Whitaker  &  Emery,  Byron,  Ill. 

Year  of  installation .  1905 


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Residence  of  Mrs.  D.  Walljbrun,  North  Washington  Street 

Chillicothe,  Mo. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  344 
Novelty  B  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1904  by  Messrs. 
S.  Palmer  &  Son,  Chillicothe,  Mo. 


House  contains  7  rooms  and  hall  and  bath 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated . .  15,600 

Glass  surface  exposed — sq.  ft .  260 


Wall  surface  exposed — net — sq.  ft . . .  1,780 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  50,480 


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Residence  of  Mr.  George  Dennis,  Dickinson  Street 
Chillicothe,  Missouri 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  348 
Novelty  B  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1908  by  Messrs. 
S-  Palmer  &  Son,  Chillicothe,  Mo. 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Alfred  B.  Brown,  Oakland  Avenue, 

Audubon,  N.  J. 

Architect  and  builder,  Mr.  Samuel  T.  Miller,  Collingswood,  N.  J. 
Heated  by  a  No.  236  Splendid  Novelty  Furnace,  installed  by 
Messrs  F.  L.  Brown  &  Brother,  Collingswood,  N.  J. 


House  contains  actual  cu.  ft . . . 12,431 

Exposed  glass  surface— sq.  ft . .  .  163 


Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft.  . .  698 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  30,266 

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Residence  of  Mr.  Edwin  T.  Moore,  425  East  Main  Street 
Coatesville,  Pennsylvania 

Mr.  Albert  W.  Dilks,  Architect,  Philadelphia 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Ash,  Contractor,  Coatesville 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  244 

Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  System,  installed  by  Mr.  J.  Ernest 

Speakman,  Coatesville 

This  is  a  good  example  of  a  charming,  simple,  dignified  old  type 
of  house  which  is  frequently  found  in  eastern  Pennsylvania 
villiages 

The  exterior  wall  is  invariably  finished  in  gray  plaster  and  the 
woodwork  in  white  paint  except  the  window  shutters,  which 
are  green 

The  heating  requirements  of  this  house  are  indicated  by  approxi¬ 
mately  50,000  equivalent  cubic  feet 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Charles  E.  Plumley,  Cynwyd,  Pa. 

Mr.  Spencer  Roberts,  Architect,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  with  Warm  Air  Furnace  Plant,  including 
one  No.  60  Ideal  Novelty  Furnace,  installed  in  1906  by  Messrs. 
J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  No.  2002  Market  Street,  Philadelphia 


House  contains  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space . 27,108 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  437 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft . .  4,042 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  95,715 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated  in  building . 21,000 

Glass  surface — sq.  ft . .  310 

Wall  surface — net — sq.  ft.  .  .  2,260 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  61,330 


Residence  of  Reverend  H.  Martyn  Hart,  D.D.,  Dean  of 
Denver,  1324  Washington  Avenue,  Denver,  Colorado 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  48 
Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace 

Heating  and  ventilating  plant  installed  by  Messrs.  George 
Freund  &  Company,  Denver 


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Residence  of  Mr.  W.  S.  Iliff,  University  Park,  Colorado 
Mr.  Dwight  B.  Wilson,  Architect 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  23-48 
Hermetic  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace 

Heating  and  ventilating  plant  installed  in  1908  by  Messrs.  George 
Freund  &  Company,  Denver 


Heating  requirements,  approximately  65,000  equivalent  cubic  feet 


Heating  and  ventilating  contractor — »Mr.  George  Freund,  Denver 
Heating  apparatus,  No.  48  Ideal  Novelty  Combination  (Heater 
installed  in  1901 

Heating  requirements,  approximately  65,000  equivalent  cubic  feet 


Residence  qf  Mr.  William  Berger,  765  Pennsylvania  Avenue 

Denver,  Colorado 

Mr.  William  Ellsworth 'Fisher,  Architect,  Denver 
Heated  and  partially  ventilated , by  the  Novelty  W^rm  Air  System. 
This  house  exhibits*a  very  ,pleasing  .and  rather  .unusual  scheme 
of  .architecture.  It  is  built  „of  buff  brick  with  white  woodjvork 
and  red  roof,  and  the  interior.is«fxnished  in,modew  “Art  Noveau” 
.style 


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Residence  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Platt  Decker,  747  Williams  Street 

Denver,  Colorado 

Mr.  W.  E.  Fisher,  Architect,  Denver,  Colorado 
Heated  and  ventilated  with  a  No.  44  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air 
Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  George  Freund  &  Company, 
1016  Eighteenth  Street,  Denver,  Colorado 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  in  building  (measure  of  heating  requirements) 
about  . .  53,000 


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Residence  of  William  Wadley,  Esquire,  2555  West  Thirty- 
ninth  Avenue,  Denver,  Colorado 

Mr.  A.  J.  Ahlstrom,  Architect 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System 

Messrs.  George  Freund  &  Company,  Heating  and  Ventilating 

Contractors,  Denver 

Heating  apparatus,  No.  44  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  in  house  . . 1 7,200 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  275 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  1,928 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  53,240 


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Residence  of  the  Reverend  Frederick  W.  Oakes, 


3209  Eliot  Street,  Denver,  Colorado 

Messrs.  Varian  &  Sterner,  Architects,  Denver 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System 

Heating  Contractors  —  Messrs.  George  Freund  &  Company, 
Denver 

Heating  apparatus  installed,  No.  48  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air 
Furnace 


Approximate  heating  requirements,  65,000  equivalent  cubic  feet 

(The  term  “Equivalent  Cubic  Feet  ”  is  explained  and  its  purpose 
defined  in  the  Novelty  Furnace  Handbook  which  is  in  the 
libraries  of  all  leading  architects  and  in  the  hands  of  all  heating 
contractors  who  practice  the  Novelty  System  of  Heating  and 
Ventilating) 


Residence  of  Mr.  Theobald  S.  Smith,  2903  Thirty-second 


Avenue,  Denver,  Colorado 

Messrs.  Varian  &  Sterner,  Architects,  Denver 
Messrs.  George  Freund  &  Company,  Heating  Contractors,  Denver 
Building  heated  and  partially  ventilated  by  the  Novely  System 
Heating  apparatus,  No.  52  Ideal  Novelty  Combination  Furnace 


Heating  requirements,  approximately  90,000  equivalent  cubic  feet 


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Residence  of  Mr.  John  W.  O’Connor,  1050  Pennsylvania 
Avenue,  Denver,  Colorado 


Mr.  William  Ellsworth  Fisher,  Architect,  Denver 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  44  Ideal 
Novelty. Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  George  Freund 
&  Company,  1016  Eighteenth  Street,  Denver 


This  house  contains  about  1 7,000  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  and  its 
heating  requirements  are  indicated  by  approximately  50,000 
equivalent  cu.  ft. 

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Residence  of  Mr.  J.  E.  Robinson,  1355  Elizabeth  Street 

Denver,  Colorado 

Mr.  George  W.  Eldredge,  Architect 

Heating  apparatus,  No.  244  Splendid  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace 
Installed  by  Messrs.  George  Freund  &  Company,  Denver 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  in  house . 18,000 

Glass  surface — sq.  ft .  288 

Wall  surface — net— sq.  ft . . .  2,016 


Equivalent  cu,  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  55,728 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Edward.G.  Straub,  1725  Race  Street 

Denver,  Colorado 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System 

Heating  apparatus.  No.  44  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace 

Installed  by  Messrs.  George  Freund  s  Company,  Denver 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  in  house . . .  20,800 

Glass  surface— sq.  ft .  270 

Wall  surface — net — sq.  ft . . .  2,430 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  59,280 


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Residence  at  122  Nineteenth  Avenue,  Denver,  Colorado 
Owned  by  the  Phineas  W.  Barnes  Estate 

Heating  apparatus,  one  No.  204  Novelty  Furnace 

Plant  installed  by  Messrs.  George  Freund  &  Company,  Denver 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  in  house  .  20,400 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  320 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  2,240 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  62,320 


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Residence  of  Mrs.  Henry  Hannington,  1080  Grant  Avenue 

Denver,  Colorado 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System,  installed  by  Messrs. 
George  Freund  &  Company,  Denver 

Heating  apparatus.  No.  48  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace 


Actual  cu.  ft.  in  part  of  house  heated .  22,000 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  352 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  2,464 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  68,1 12 


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Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space . 17,800 

Glass  surface-— sq.  ft .  279 

Wall  surface— net — sq.  ft . . .  1,960 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  54,405 


Residence  of  Mr.  Frederick  C.  Shaw,  1840  Gaylord  Street 

Denver,  Colorado 

Heating  apparatus,  No.  44  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace 
Installed  by  Messrs.  George  Freund  &  Company,  Denver 


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Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space . ,  21,700 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft.  .  332 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  2,324 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  65,192 


Residence  of  Honorable  William  G.  Evans,  1310  Bannock 
Street,  Denver,  Colorado 
Mr.  Dwight  B.  Wilson,  Architect,  Denver 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  48 
Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  George 
Freund  &  Company,  Denver 


This  house  has  heating  requirements  approximating  50,000 
equivalent  cubic  feet 


Residence  of  Edward  P.  Boynton,  Esquire,  1224  York  Street 

Denver,  Colorado 
Mr.  G.  W.  Huntington,  Architect,  Denver 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  44  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  George  Freund 
&  Company,  Denver 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated . 17,400 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  276 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  1,932 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  53,600 


Residence  of  John  A-  Hall,  Esquire,  1316  Corona  Street 

Denver,  Colorado 

Mr.  G.  W.  Huntington,  Architect,  Denver 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  44  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  George  Freund 
&  Company,  Denver 


Residence  of  Mr.  Arthur  W.  Brinlcer,  1313  Acoma  Street 

Denver,  Colorado 

Mr.  G.  W.  Huntington,  Architect,  Denver 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  44  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  George  Freund 
&  Company,  Denver 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space . 15,600 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft.  . .  248 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  1,764 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  50,500 


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Residence  of  Dr.  Edward  W.  Finft,  5  Franklin  Square 
Dedham,  Massachusetts 

Mr.  William  H.  Besarick,  Architect,  15  School  Street,  Boston 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  60  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1904  by  the  Boston 
Furnace  Company 


This  house  contains  15  rooms  with  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space,  19,356 


Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  390 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  2,140 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  67,000 


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Residence  of  Mrs.  M.  E.  Decrow,  78  Howland  Street 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts 

Heated  and  pentilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  48  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1905  by  the  Boston 
Furnace  Company,  6  Portland  Street,  Boston 


House  contains  1 1  rooms  with  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated,  20,300 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft.  .  332 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft.  ..........  1,624 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  58,192 


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Residence  of  Mr.  E.  B.  McCarthy,  Devon,  Pa. 

Mr.  T.  Mellon  Rogers,  Architect,  Devon,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  Warm  Air  Plant,  installed  by  Messrs. 
J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  No.  2002  Market  Street,  Philadelphia 
Warm  Air  Furnaces  used,  two  No.  52  Ideal  Novelty  in  battery  form 


House  contains  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  ........  60,684 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  970 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  4,860 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  172,314 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Malcolm  Lloyd,  Devon,  Pa. 

Mr.  T.  Mellon  Rogers,  Architect,  Devon,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace  Plant, 
installed  by  Messrs.  J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  No.  2002  Market  Street, 
Philadelphia 

Furnaces  used,  two  No.  52  Ideal  Novelty 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  in  house .  46,960 

Equivalent  cu.  ft. (measure  of  heating  requirements)  about  1 72,000 


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Residence  of  Mr.  J.  Hampton  Barnes,  Devon.  Pa. 

Mr.  T.  Mellon  Rogers,  Architect,  Devon,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  Warm  Air  System  with  two  No.  48 
Novelty  A  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  installed  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Limerick, 
No.  1602  Kater  Street,  Philadelphia 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  in  house  .  . .  32,000 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  about  120,000 


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Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  in  house . .  .  48,078 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  714 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft . 5,758 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  147,692 


Residence  of  Mr.  R.  R.  Benedict,  Devon,  Pa. 

Mr.  T.  Mellon  Rogers,  Architect,  Devon,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  Novelty  System  with  two  No.  48  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  installed  by  Messrs.  J.  Kisterbock 
&  Son,  No.  2002  Market  Street,  Philadelphia 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Charles  B.  Hart,  Devon,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  Novelty  Gravity  Warm  Air  System  with 
two  No.  40  Novelty  A  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  installed  by  Messrs. 
J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  No.  2002  Market  Street,  Philadelphia 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  in  house . .  33,000 

Glass  exposure — sq.  ft. . . .  480 

Wall  exposure — net — sq.  ft . .  3,800 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  98,000 


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Residence  of  Mr.  T.  Mellon  Rogers,  Architect,  Devon,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  Novelty  Gravity  Warm  Air  System  with 
a  No.  48  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs. 
J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  No.  2002  Market  Street,  Philadelphia 


Residence  of  Mr.  J.  Renton  White,  Elkins  Park,  Pa. 

House  designed  and  built  by  Mr.  W.  T.  B.  Roberts,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  Novelty  Gravity  Warm  Air  System  with  a 
No.  340  Novelty  B  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  W.  C.  Fleck  & 
Bro.,  Jenkintown,  Pa. 


This  house  is  a  typical  example  of  a  good,  medium  priced  suburban 
"operation”  house ;  that  is,  one  of  a  number  built  at  the  same  time,  each 
embodying  individual  features  of  form  and  construction  to  avoid  monotony 
of  appearance,  erected  by  a  professional  builder  as  a  business  enterprise  and 
placed  on  the  market  after  completion. 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space . 12,600 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft . .  254 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft.  .  .  ' .  2,286 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  44,874 


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Residence  of  Mrs.  E.  DeB  .  Gill,  Elkins  Park,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  Novelty  Warm  Air  System  with  a 
No.  52  Ideal  Novelty  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  Frederick  Sabin 
&  Company,  No.  237  Bread  Street,  Philadelphia 


House  contains  about  86,000  equivalent  cubic  feet.  “  Equivalent 
cubic  feet”  is  a  term  used,  under  the  Novelty  System,  to  indicate 
the  heating  requirements.  The  meaning  of  this  term  and  how 
to  compute  equivalent  cubic  feet  in  a  room  or  in  a  building  is 
fully  explained  in  our  text-book  on  the  installation  of  the 
Novelty  System,  the  “  Novelty  Furnace  Handbook  ” 


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Residence  of  Mr.  William  T.  B.  Roberts,  Elkins  Park,  Pa. 

Messrs.  Keene  &  Mead,  Architects,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  Novelty  Warm  Air  System  with  one 
No.  52  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1900  by 
Messrs.  Frederick  Sabin  &  Company,  237  Bread  Street,  Phila¬ 
delphia 


House  contains  actual  cu.  ft . .  25,430 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  525 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  3,475 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  91,600 


Suburban  “Operation”  Residence  built  in  1901  by 
Mr.  William  T.  B.  Roberts,  at  Elkins  Park,  Pa. 

This  house  is  a  good  example  of  a  suburban  residence  skilfully 
constructed  so  as  to  provide  the  maximum  of  desirable  features 
and  good  style  at  a  reasonable  cost 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  Warm  Air  System  with  a  No.  48  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  Frederich  Sabin 
&  Company,  237  Bread  Street,  Philadelphia 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated . 18,300 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft.  .  . .  360 

Exposed  wall  surface .  1 ,840 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  60,020 


Residence  of  Mr.  Charles  Singer,  4660  Penn  Street 

Frankford,  Pa. 

Heated  and  oentilgted  by  the. Novelty  Gravity  System  with  a  No.  40 
Novelty  A  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1903  by  Messrs. 
Kinkerter  &  Sheppard  Company,  Frankford,  Pa. 


This  typical  old  fashioned  Frankford  house  contains  12  rooms 
with  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated . .  33,000 

Not  all  of  the  rooms  can  be  thoroughly  heated  in  zero  weather  at  one  and  the 
same  time,  but  the  installation  is  so  well  proportioned  that  the  owner  is 
extremely  well  pleased  with  the  plant  and  secures  results  that  are  most  satis¬ 
factory  to  him  by  reducing  the  flow  of  warm  air  to  some  of  the  rooms  and 
ncreasing  it  to  others,  as  needed. 

To  make  a  perfect  plant,  however,  a  larger  furnace  should  have  been  installed 
in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  the  Novelty  Furnace  Handbook. 


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Manse  of  Frankford  Presbyterian  Church,  Frankford  Avenue 

Frankford,  Pa. 

Seat,nl  Vfntil?t*d  by  ‘be  Novelty  Warm  Air  System  with  a 
No  106  Novelty  A  Furnace,  installed  in  1893  by  Messrs.  Kinkerter 
&  oheppard  Company,  Frankford 

This  is  an  example  of  the  simple,  dignified  old  houses  to  be 
found  m  many  eastern  Pennsylvania  towns 


Number  of  rooms  heated .  9 

Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  .  29  000 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  100,000 


Residence  of  Mr.  J.  M.  R.  Harding,  4729  Leiper  Street 
Frankford,  Philadelphia 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  40 
Novelty  A  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1897  by  the  Kinkerter  & 
Sheppard  Company,  Frankford 

This  is  an  example  of  the  type  of  dwelling  originally  designed 
by  the  French  architect,  Francois  Mansard,  and  quite  popular  in 
this  country  a  few  decades  ago 


This  house  contains  about  30,000  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  to  be 
heated 

Glass  exposure  400  sq.  ft.,  wall  exposure  3100  sq.  ft. 

Measure  of  heating  requirements,  approximately  80,000  equiva¬ 
lent  cu.  ft. 


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Residence  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Stokes,  Wissahickon  Avenue 
at  Carpenter  Street,  Germantown,  Pennsylvania 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  Gravity  Warm  Air  System 
with  two  No.  240  Ideal  Novelty  Furnaces  in  battery,  installed  by 
Messrs.  Frederick  Sabin  &  Company 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  of  space  (measure  of  heating  requirements) 
about .  80,000 


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Residence  of  Dr.  W.  H.  Johnson,  Germantown  Avenue 
at  Upsal  Street,  Germantown,  Philadelphia 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  52 
Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1897  by  Mr.  Thomas 
F.  Hutchinson,  6206  Germantown  Avenue,  Germantown 


When  this  residence  was  built  the  owner  and  the  builder  were  subjects  of 
George  II,  King  of  Great  Britain,  and  the  world's  greatest  Republic  did  not 
exist  even  in  the  plans  or  thoughts  of  men.  The  old  building  has  been  twice 
remodeled,  but  the  remodeling  has  been  no  improvement  architecturally. 

The  first  attempt  to  partially  heat  this  house  was  by  means  of  wood  stoves. 
Later,  when  anthracite  coal  was  discovered,  Franklin  Stoves,  invented  by 
Benjamin  Franklin,  were  used. 

About  1860  two  Latrobe  Stoves  were  installed. 

Since  1897  the  house  has  been  thoroughly  and  healthfully  heated  and  venti¬ 
lated  by  the  Novelty  System. 


The  building  contains  14  rooms,  24,180  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated,  490  sq.  ft. 
glass  surface.  2010  sq.  ft.  wall  surface  and  77,010  equivalent  cu.  ft. 


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Parsonage  of  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  German¬ 
town,  Pennsylvania,  Located  on  High  Street 

Mr.  Albert  Kelley,  Architect 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  52  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1906  by  Mr.  Thomas  F. 
Hutchinson,  6206  Germantown  Avenue,  Germantown,  Phila¬ 
delphia 


Number  of  rooms  heated .  13 

Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  . . .  24,600 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  402 

Exposed  wall  surface— net — sq.  ft . .  ,  2,884 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  77,822 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Bar  tram  Ashmead,  6201  Germantown 
Avenue,  Germantown,  Philadelphia 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  Warm  Air  System  with  a 
No.  52  Ideal  Novelty  Heater,  installed  in  1903  by  Mr.  Thomas  F. 
Hutchinson,  6206  Germantown  Avenue,  Germantown 

This  is  a  fine  example  of  the  old  Colonial  residence.  It  was  built  in  1 738, 
remodeled  in  1 844,  but  in  exterior  appearance  is  almost  exactly  the  same  as  it 
was  one  hundred  and  seventy  years  ago. 

For  many  years  previous  to  1903  it  was  heated  (or  partially  heated)  by 
Latrobe  Stoves.  Since  1903  it  has  been  thoroughly  and  healthfully  heated 
and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System. 


Number  of  rooms  in  house .  12 

Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated . 23,216 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  490 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  1,976 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  75,774 


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House  contains  12  rooms  and  bath  with  actual  cu.  ft.  of 


space  .  .  .  .  . . 19,600 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  384 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft . .  2,164 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  65,712 


Parsonage  of  Ottawa  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
Ottawa  Street,  at  Cass  Street,  Joliet,  Ill. 

Mr.  G.  J.  Barnes,  Architect,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Heated  and  ventilated  with  a  No.  348  Novelty  B  Warm  Air 
Furnace,  installed  in  1906  by  the  Barrett  Hardware  Company, 
Joliet,  Ill. 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Abram  Nesbit,  North  Maple  .Avenue 

Kingston,  Pa. 

Mr.  M.  B.  Houpt,  Architect  and  Builder,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  72  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  H.  F.  Johnson 
&  Sons,  Kingston,  Pa. 


Actual  cu.  ft.  in  building . . .  49,860 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  944 

Exposed  wall  surface— net — sq.  ft . .  5,740 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  166,580 


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This  cottage  contains  about  21,000  actual  cubic  feet  of  space 
ind  about  82,000  equivalent  cubic  feet 


Residence  of  General  Horace  Porter,  Lakewood,  N.  J. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  256  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Heater,  installed  by  Mr.  J.  Fred.  Stephenson, 
Lakewood,  N.  J. 


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Lakewood  Residence  of  Mr.  John  E.  Pye,  Lakewood 
Ocean  County,  New  Jersey 

Mr.  Leon  Cubberly,  Architect,  Long  Branch,  N.  J. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  Warm  Air  System  with  one 
No-  52  and  one  No.  48  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  installed 
by  Mr.  J.  Fred.  Stephenson,  Lakewood 


Actual  cu.  ft.  in  building .  47,860 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft . .  780 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft.  .  .  . .  5,460 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  151,400 


This  beautiful  cottage  contains  actual  cu.  ft .  45,280 


Exposed  glass  surface —  sq-  ft .  892 

Exposed  wall  surface — net  — sq.  ft .  4,860 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  152,600 


Residence  of  Mr.  George  D.  Braman,  Lakewood 
Ocean  County,  New  Jersey 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  Warm  Air  System  with  one 
No.  52  Ideal  Novelty  and  one  No.  40  Novelty  A  Warm  Air 
Heaters,  installed  in  1902  by  Mr.  J.  Fred.  Stephenson,  Lake- 
wood,  N.  J. 


Residence  of  Dr.  George  Fales  Baker,  Lakewood,  N.  J. 


Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  Warm  Air  System  with  one 
No.  52  and  one  No.  40  Ideal  Novelty  and  one  No.  33  Novelty  A 
Warm  Air  Heaters,  installed  in  1902  by  Mr.  J.  Fred  Stephenson, 
Lakewood,  N.  J. 

(Under  the  later  practice  and  rules  of  installation,  one  No.  72 
Ideal  Novelty  or  two  No.  752  Special  Novelty  in  battery  form 
would  be  used  in  this  heating  and  ventilating  plant) 


House  contains  31  rooms  with  total  actual  cu.  ft .  52,900 


Exposed  glass  surface— sq.  ft .  820 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  5,020 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  154,560 


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Priest’s  Residence  for  Saint  Mary’s  Church,  Fifth  Street 
between  G  Street  and  H  Street,  Northwest 
Washington,  District  of  Columbia 

Heated  and  Ventilated  by  a  No.  48  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Heater, 
installed  in  1908  by  Messrs.  A.  Eberly’s  Sons,  718  Seventh  Street, 
Nothwest,  Washington,  D.  C. 


This  building  contains  about  30,000  actual  cubic  feet  of  space 
and  about  73,000  equivalent  cubic  feet.  We  have  been  unable 
to  ascertain  the  name  of  the  architect  but  the  style  of  architecture 
speaks  for  itself  and  indicates  that  the  house  was  probably  built 
between  1870  and  1880. 


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Residence  of  Charles  F.  Hager,  Esq.,  Wheatland  Avenue  at 
President  Avenue,  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania 

Mr.  William  C.  Pritchett,  Jr.,  Architect,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  Warm  Air  System  with  a  No.  48  Ideal 
Novelty  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  Reilly  Brothers  &  Raub, 
Lancaster,  Pennsylvania 


House  contains  13  rooms,  including  two  baths,  and  has  actual 

cu.  ft.  of  space  to  be  heated . .  23,000 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  483 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  3,381 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  86,000 


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Residence  of  Mrs.  Otto  Mulfekuhler,  507  North  Esplanade 

Leavenworth,  Kan. 

Mr.  William  P.  Feth,  Architect,  Leavenworth 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  252  Ideal 

Novelty  Warm  Air  Heater,  installed  in  1905  by  Mr.  P.  W.  Nicola, 

Leavenworth 

House  contains  1 1  rooms  with  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  to  be 


heated .  .  28,450 

Exposed  glass  surface— sq.  ft .  450 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  2,475 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  82,000 


According  to  the  “capacity  rule”  of  the  Novelty  System,  the  No.  252  Ideal 
Novelty  heater  is  short  28  per  cent,  of  the  capacity  required  to  properly 
heat  this  house.  Yet  there  has  been  no  complaint  that  the  house  is  insuf¬ 
ficiently  heated.  It  is  never  right,  however,  to  install  a  smaller  heater  than 
the  size  prescribed  by  the  rule  of  the  Novelty  System 


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Residence  of  Mr.  James  Stanton,  Sixth  Street  at  Kiowa  Street 

Leavenworth,  Kansas 

Mr.  William  P.  Feth,  Architect,  Leavenworth 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  348 
Novelty  B  All-cast  Furnace,  installed  in  1904  by  Mr.  P.  W. 
Nicola,  Leavenworth 


House  contains  8  rooms  and  bath  with  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space 


heated . 18,879 

Exposed  glass  surface—  sq.  ft .  308 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft . 2,140 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  59,099 


Residence  of  Mr.  Tams  Bixby,  Chairman  of  the  Dawes 
Commission,  1226  Emporia  Street,  Muskogee,  Oklahoma 

Mr.  Thomas  Rose,  Architect,  Evansville,  Indiana 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  344 
Novelty  B  Heater,  installed  in  1905  by  the  “Pioneer  Tinshop,” 
Muskogee,  Okla. 


Building  contains  10  rooms  including  large  reception  hall  and  bath 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space . .  17,000 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  248 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  1,736 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  50,480 


Residence  of  Mr.  Thos.  A.  Sanson,  No.  548  North  Twelfth 
Street,  Muskogee,  Oklahoma 

Mr.  R.  H.  King,  Architect,  Muskogee,  Okla. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  V^arm  Air  System  with  a 
No.  248  Ideal  Novelty  All-cast  Heater,  installed  in  1905  by  the 
“Pioneer  Tinshop,”  Muskogee,  Okla. 


This  house  contains  8  rooms  and  bath  and  measures  about  48,000 
equivalent  cu.  ft. 

“Equivalent  cubic  feet”  is  a  term  used  to  denote  the  true  heating 
requirements  of  a  building  or  apartment;  the  meaning  of  this 
term  and  its  proper  use  and  value  are  explained  in  the  Novelty 
Furnace  Handbook  which  is  furnished  to  every  heating  contractor 
and  architect  who  installs  or  plans  for  the  installation  of  the 
Novelty  System 


A  larger  size  of  furnace  should  have  been  installed  for  heating 
tnis  house  though  Mr.  Parfitt  has  been  highly  pleased  with  the 
results  obtained  from  the  plant  described  above 


Number  of  rooms  heated  12,  actual  cu.  ft.  .  35,500 


Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  350 

Exposed  wall  surface — net— sq.  ft .  3,425 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  89,150 


Residence  of  Mr.  George  Parfitt,  Front  Street 
Morgantown,  W.  Va. 

Mr.  Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Architect,  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  352  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1903  by  Messrs.  Barbe  & 
Davis,  Morgantown,  W.  Va. 


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Number  of  rooms  heated .  II 

Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space .  25,500 

Square  feet  of  glass  exposure .  250 

Square  feet  of  wall  exposure  . .  1,825 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  58,850 


Residence  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Whitam,  Beverly  Avenue 
Morgantown,  West  Virginia 

Mr.  Elmer  F.  Jacobs,  Architect 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  248  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1902  by  Messrs.  Barbe 
&  Davis,  Morgantown,  W.  Va. 


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Residence  of  Mr.  W.  S.  Koontz,  Spruce  Street 
Morgantown,  West  Virginia 

Heated  and  'ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  244  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1904  by  Messrs.  Barbe 
&  Davis,  Morgantown,  W.  Va. 


This  house  contains . 8  rooms 

Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated . 14,500 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  209 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  1,670 

Equivalent  cu,  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  43,535 


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Residence  of  Mr.  John  W.  Vaughn,  161  Freemason  Street 

Norfolk,  Virginia 

Mr.  C.  J.  Calrow,  Architect,  Norfolk 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  battery  of 
two  No.  48  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  installed  in  1907 
by  Messrs.  Frank  P.  Smith  &  Company,  Norfolk 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  to  be  heated  . 41,600 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  656 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  4,608 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  127,664 


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Residence  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Grover,  Clayborne  Avenue 

Norfolk,  Va. 

Mr.  C.  R.  Parlette,  Architect,  Norfolk 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  252  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1908  by  Messrs.  Frank 
P.  Smith  &  Company,  Norfolk,  Va. 


House  contains  nine  rooms  and  bath,  with  total  actual cu.  ft.,  1 7,300 


Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  244 

Exposed  wall  surface— -net— sq.  ft.  . .  2,180 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  53,060 


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Residence  of  Mr.  C.  E.  Clark,  Graydon  Avenue 
Norfolk,  Virginia 

Architect,  Mr.  B.  L.  Nichols 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  Warm  Air  System  with  a 
No.  348  Novelty  B  Furnace,  installed  in  1908  by  Messrs.  Frank 
P.  Smith  &  Company,  Norfolk 


This  house  contains  1  1  rooms,  including  large  hall  and  2  baths 


with  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated . 21,800 

Exposed  glass  surface— sq.  ft .  312 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  2,164 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  62,312 


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Residence  of  Mr.  F.  H.  Galloney,  Paoli,  Pa. 

Mr.  T.  Mellon  Rogers,  Architect,  Devon,  Ea. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  one  No.  52  and 
one  No.  60  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  installed  in  1907 
by  Messrs.  J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  No.  2002  Market  Street, 
Philadelphia 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  .  43,072 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  656 

Exposed  wall  surface  net— sq.  ft.  ..........  5,632 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  142,576 


Residence  of  Mr.  H.  W.  Biddle,  Paoli,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  one  No.  40 
Novelty  A  and  one  No.  60  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnaces, 
installed  by  Messrs.  J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  No.  2002  Market  Street, 
Philadelphia 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space . .  42,400 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  803 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft.  .  6,416 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  154,000 


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This  is  a  good  example  of  an  old  type  of  city  house  for  which  Philadelphia  is 
noted.  Severely  simple  and  unpretentious  in  exterior  design,  many  of  these 
old  houses  are  surprisingly  successful  in  expressing  a  dignified  and  enduring 
beauty  in  their  interior  architecture 


This  house  contains  59,128  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  to  be  heated  ; 
glass  exposure  732  sq.  ft.;  wall  exposure  6218  sq.  ft.;  measure 
of  heating  requirements  163,000  equivalent  cubic  feet 


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Urban  Residence  of  Mrs.  Howard  Roberts,  250  South 
Sixteenth  Street,  Philadelphia 

Mr.  T.  Mellon  Rogers,  Architect,  Devon,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  one  No.  52 
Ideal  Novelty  and  one  No.  40  Novelty  A  Warm  Air  Furnaces, 
installed  in  1903  by  Messrs,  J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  2002  Market 
Street,  Philadelphia 


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These  two  houses  illustrate  a  characteristic  Philadelphia  type  of 
substantially  built,  medium  grade,  urban  style  of  dwelling. 
There  are  approximately  75,000  old  houses  of  this  type  in 
Philadelphia 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated  in  each  house . 18,400 

Exposed  glass  surface  ~  sq.  ft .  216 

Exposed  wall  surface —net— sq.  ft.  (counting  party  walls 

at  one-half  actual  area) .  1,290 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  44,920 


Two  Residences,  1632-1634  Latimer  Street,  Philadelphia 
Owned  as  an  Investment  by  Mrs.  Anne  Weightman  Penfield 

Each  house  heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a 
No.  36  Novelty  A  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Mr.  J.  Hunter 
Limerick,  1602  Kater  Street,  Philadelphia 


Residence  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  Episcopal  Hospital 
Front  and  Lehigh  Ave.,  Kensington,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  battery  of 
two  No-  244  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  installed  by 
Messrs.  Frederick  Sabin  &  Company,  No.  39  Bread  Street, 
Philadelphia 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  86,000 


Residence  of  Dr.  C.  F.  Doran,  120  Gay  Street 
Phoenixville,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  40 
Novelty  A  Warm  Air  Furnace.  This  heating  and  ventilating  plant 
was  installed  by  Messrs.  Caswell  &  Moore,  Phoenixville,  Pa.,  the 
day  after  Christmas,  1883,  and  is  still  doing  good  service  and  ful¬ 
filling  its  purpose  perfectly  after  being  in  use  for  twenty-five  years 


House  contains  1 1  rooms,  including  large  hall  and  bath,  actual 
cu.  ft.  of  space  heated  nearly  40,000;  equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure 
of  heating  requirements)  approximately  100,000 


This  furnace  is  doing  more  work  than  should  be  placed  upon  any  heating 
apparatus  with  its  hrepot  and  grate  capacity.  Were  it  not  for  the  facts  that 
the  house  is  unusually  well  built,  and  the  installation  accomplished  under  very 
favorable  conditions,  the  plant  would  fall  short  of  properly  heating  the  house 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  91,000 


Residence  of  Mr.  Henry  Averman,  Baum  Street, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Mr.  F.  C.  Sauer,  Architect,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Mr.  J.  Hehman,  Contractor 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  52  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1894  by  Mr.  John  P. 
Schaffer,  Heating  and  Ventilating  Engineer  and  Contractor, 
No.  209  Wood  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


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Residence  of  Mr.  C.  A.  Rook,  Highland  Avenue 
at  Stanton  Avenue,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Mr.  F.  C.  Sauer,  Architect,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  52  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1892  by  Mr.  John  P. 
Schaffer,  Heating  and  Ventilating  Engineer  and  Contractor, 
No.  209  Wood  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


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Residence  of  Mr.  J.  L.  Gloninger,  McPherson  Street 
East  End,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System,  with  a  No.  44  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1893  by  Mr.  John  P. 
Schaffer,  Heating  and  Ventilating  Engineer  and  Contractor, 
No.  209  Wood  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


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Residence  of  Dr.  T.  A.  Rex,  Ellsworth  Avenue 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Mr.  W.  S.  Fraser,  Architect,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Mr.  D.  Fritz,  Builder 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  battery  of  two 
No.  36  Novelty  A  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  installed  by  Mr.  John  P. 
Schaffer,  Heating  and  Ventilating  Engineer  and  Contractor, 
No.  209  Wood  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


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Residence  of  Mr.  John  Fite,  Highland  Avenue,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Mr.  F.  C.  Sauer,  Architect,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Mr.  D.  Hesson,  Contractor 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  52 
Ideal  Novelty  Brickset  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Mr.  John 
P.  Schaffer,  Heating  and  Ventilating  Engineer  and  Contractor, 
No.  209  Wood  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Charles  McKnight,  Sewickley,  Pa. 

Messrs.  Longfellow,  Alden  &  Harlow,  Architects 
Mr.  W.  F.  Trimble,  Contractor 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  52 
Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1891  by  Mr.  John 
P.  Schaffer,  Heating  Contractor,  209  Wood  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

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Number  of  rooms  in  house .  9 

Total  actual  cu.  ft . .  13,346 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  269 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  1,638 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  46,625 


Residence  of  Mr.  Frank  K.  Black,  52  Bancroft  Avenue 

Reading,  Mass. 

Mr.  F.  K.  Black,  Architect 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  44  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1898  by  the  Boston 
Furnace  Company,  Boston 


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Residences  of  Mr.  Harry  A.  Heckman  and  Mr.  Cyrus  Q.  Guldin, 
Mineral  Spring  Road,  at  Sixteenth  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

Messrs.  Scholl  &  Maurer,  Architects,  Reading 

Complete  Novelty  System  of  heating  and  ventilating ,  installed  in 

1907  by  Messrs.  Wagenhorst  Brothers,  Reading 

Heating  Apparatus  used  for  each  house  No.  248  Novelty  B  Warm 

Air  Furnace 

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Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  to  be  heated  in  each  house  ...  21 ,860 


Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft . . .  336 

Exposed  wall  surface— net— sq.  ft .  1,816 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  61,588 


This  large  and  beautiful  residence  contains  about  84,000  actual 
cu.  ft.  of  space  to  be  heated,  with  a  glass  exposure  of  more  than 
1400  square  feet  and  a  wall  exposure  of  over  10,000  sq.  ft.;  the 
equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  260,000 


Residence  of  Mrs.  George  Fletcher,  Radnor,  Pa. 

Mr.  Addison  Hutton,  Architect,  Philadelphia 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  Warm  Air  System  with  one 

No.  60,  one  No.  52  and  one  No.  48  Ideal  Novelty  Heaters,  installed 

in  1899  by  Messrs.  Baker,  Smith  &  Company,  New  York  and 

Philadelphia 


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Residence  of  Mr.  William  B.  Hart,  Radnor,  Pennsylvania 

Messrs.  Duhring,  Okie  &  Ziegler,  Architects,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  one  No.  52 
and  one  No.  60  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  plant  installed 
in  1907  by  Messrs.  J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  2002  Market  Street, 
Philadelphia 


Number  of  rooms  in  house  .  . . .  .  28 

Actual  cu.  ft.  of  spaee  heated .  67,056 

Glass  exposure  —  sq.  ft .  .  633 

Wall  exposure — net  — sq.  ft .  6,087 


Measure  of  heating  requirements,  equivalent  cu.  ft.  .  .  163,226 


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Residence  of  Mr.  H.  A.  Be r wind,  Radnor,  Pennsylvania 

Heating  and  ventilating  plant  installed  in  accordance  with  the 
Novelty  System  by  Messrs.  J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  2002  Market 
Street,  Philadelphia 

Warm  Air  Furnaces  used,  one  No.  48  and  one  No.  52  Ideal 
Novelty 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated .  50,600 

Exposed  glass  surface— sq.  ft . .  .  740 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  5,160 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  147,380 


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The  No.  36  ideal  Novelty  Furnace  does  most  excellent  work  according  to  its 
capacity,  but  it  is  impossible  to  heat  all  of  the  rooms  in  the  entire  house  at  one 
time  with  it,  as  it  has  only  about  half  the  required  capacity.  There  has  never 
been  anything  but  praise  of  this  heating  job  from  Mr.  Grove,  but  it  is  always 
wise  for  a  heating  contractor  to  install  a  heater  of  ample  capacity  to  heat  at  one 
time  all  of  the  rooms  of  the  building. 


This  house  contains  1 5  rooms  with  about  28,000  actual  cubic  feet 
of  space  to  be  heated,  the  equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating 
requirements)  being  about  85,000 


Residence  of  Mr.  F.  Stanley  Grove,  Senior,  Lipp  Avenue 

Riverton,  New  Jersey 

Mr.  George  W.  Ash,  Builder  and  Architect,  Philadelphia 
Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System,  partially  applied, 
with  a  No.  36  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1900 
by  Mr.  William  B.  Lynch,  Riverton 


Residence  of  Mr.  Radciyffe  Roberts,  Rosemont,  Pennsylvania 

Mr.  T.  Mellon  Rogers,  Architect,  Devon,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  one  No.  40 
Novelty  A  and  one  No.  60  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnaces, 
plant  installed  in  1905  by  Messrs.  J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  2002  Market 
Street,  Philadelphia 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated  . . 41,505 

Glass  exposure — sq.  ft . .  650 

Wall  exposure  — net — sq.  ft .  4.550 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  126,655 


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Residence  of  Mr.  William  Burr,  1246  National  Avenue 

Rockford,  Illinois 

Mr.  William  Burr,  Architect 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  248 
Novelty  B  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1903  by  the  Snyder 
Heating  Company,  Rockford 


House  contains  9  rooms  and  bath  with  actual  cu.  ft.  of  space 


heated . 19,000 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  314 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  2,198 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  60,134 


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This  house  contains  10  rooms  and  bath  with  actual  cu.  ft.  of 


space . . . 18,760 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft . .  ...  288 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft,  . .  2,004 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  56,392 


Residence  of  Mr.  Charles  Welty,  2604  East  State  Street 

Rockford,  Illinois 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  Warm  Air  System  with  a 
No.  248  Novelty  B  Heater,  installed  in  1904  by  the  Snyder  Heating 
Company,  Rockford 


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This  house  contains  9  rooms  and  bath  with  a  total  of  62,000 
equivalent  cubic  feet 


(“Equivalent  cubic  feet”  is  a  term  used  to  ndicate  the  heating 
requirements  of  a  building  or  apartment  and  must  not  be  con¬ 
fused  with  actual  cubic  feet) 


Residence  of  Mr.  Upton  Swingly,  1006  North  Church  Street 

Rockford,  Illinois 

Mr.  James  Bradley,  Architect 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  248 
Novelty  B  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1903  by  the  Snyder 
Heating  Company,  Rockford 


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Residence  of  Mr.  C.  W.  Prosser,  St.  Charles,  Missouri 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  52 
Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Mr.  O  Link, 
St.  Charles,  Mo. 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated  . .  34,000 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  540 

Exposed  wall  surface— net — sq.  ft .  3,760 

Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  105,580 


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Episcopalian  Manse,  Main  Street,  Swedesboro,  N.  J. 
Architect  unknown 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  106 
Novelty  A  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1907  by  Mr..  M.  C. 
Sparks,  Swedesboro,  N.  J. 


Building  includes  nine  rooms,  hall  and  bath,  containing  in 


actual  cu.  ft . 21,800 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  235 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  2,440 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  60,120 


Residence  of  Mr.  Harry  Black,  Main  Street,  Swedesboro,  N.  J. 

Mr.  J.  M.  Hunter,  Architect 

Heated  and  ventilated  with  a  No.  40  Novelty  A  Warm  Air  Furnace, 
installed  in  1896  by  Mr.  M.  C.  Sparks,  Swedesboro,  N.  J. 


House  contains  9  rooms  and  bath  with  total  actual  cu.  ft.,  20,428 


Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  224 

Exposed  wall  surface-‘-net~~sq.  ft . .  .  1,780 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  52,560 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated .  29,596 

Exposed  glass  surface—sq.  ft .  305 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  3,727 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  82,287 


Residence  of  Mr.  C.  A.  Galloney,  Wayne,  Pennsylvania 

Mr.  T.  Mellon  Rogers,  Architect,  Devon,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  60 
Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  in  1907  by  Messrs. 
J.  Kisterbock  &  Son,  2002  Market  Street,  Philadelphia 


Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated . 18,900 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  306 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  2,152 


Equivalent  cu.  ft.  (measure  of  heating  requirements)  .  .  59,066 


Residence  of  Mrs.  R.  E.  Shapley,  Villa  Nova,  Pennsylvania 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  252  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnace,  installed  by  Messrs.  J.  Kisterbock  & 
Son,  2002  Market  Street,  Philadelphia 


Number  of  rooms  in  bouse .  11 

Actual  cu.  ft.  of  space  heated . 18,900 

Exposed  glass  surface — sq.  ft .  306 

Exposed  wall  surface — net — sq.  ft .  2,100 

Measure  of  heating  requirements,  equivalent  cu.  ft.  .  .  58,650 


Residence  of  Mrs.  E.  E.  Boit,  Wakefield,  Massachusetts 

Heated  and  'ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  No.  48  Ideal 
Novelty  Warm  Air  Heater,  installed  in  1894  by  the  Boston 
Furnace  Company,  6  Portland  Street,  Boston 


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This  beautiful  old  country  mansion  contains  23  rooms,  including 
large  hall  and  two  baths,  with  67,500  actual  cubic  feet  of  space 
to  be  heated.  Exposed  glass  surface  825  sq.  ft.;  exposed  wall 
surface  4355  sq.  ft.  ;  measure  of  heating  requirements  165,215 
equivalent  cubic  feet 

ft  was  built  during  the  reign  of  King  George  f.  in  1747  it  was  purchased  as  a 
part  of  the  Pennypacker  Mills  property  by  Peter  Pannebaker  and  it  has  been 
the  dwelling  place  of  succeeding  generations  of  Pennypackers  for  more  than 
one  hundred  and  sixty  years.  It  was  remodeled  and  an  additional  wing  con¬ 
structed  in  1900,  for  the  present  owner,  by  Mr.  Arthur  W.  Brockie,  a  Philadel¬ 
phia  architect,  but  the  simple,  characteristic  old  colonial  design  was  retained. 


Residence  of  Honorable  Samuel  W.  Pennypacker,  Governor 
of  Pennsylvania  from  1902  to  1907,  Pennypacker’s  Mills, 
Montgomery  County,  Pa. 

Heated  and  ventilated  by  the  Novelty  System  with  a  battery  of  two 
No.  52  Ideal  Novelty  Warm  Air  Furnaces,  installed  in  1900  by 
Mr.  Mortimer  C.  Anderson,  1 12  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia 


Stone  erected  by  the  Historical  Society  of  Montgomery  County, 
Pennsylvania,  to  mark  the  location  of  the  camp  occupied  by 
Washington’s  Army  for  a  week  during  the  autumn  of  1 777 
The  residence  of  Ex-Governor  Pennypacker  is  seen  to  the  right 
in  the  background 


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RADIATORS  versus  REGISTERS 

THE  STEAM  or  hot  water  radiator,  however  it  may  be  designed  or 
ornamented, .  is  an  unsightly  feature  in  any  room.  Always  ugly, 
usually  in  the  way,  the  radiator  is  the  nightmare  of  the  interior  decorator. 
And  the  exposed  radiator  in  sight  is  the  visible  sign  of  a  lack  of  healthful 
ventilation 

Many  of  the  warm' air  and  ventilating  Registers  now  made  by  leading 
Register  manufacturers  are  genuine  works  of  art  and  they  can  be  furnished 
in  designs,  metals  and  styles  of  finish  that  harmonize  with  any  interior 
decoration  or  color  scheme. 

A  beautiful  and  appropriate  register  adorns  instead  of  disfiguring 
a  room. 

Registers  are  unobtrusive,  and  take  up  little  or  no  valuable  space  in 
the  rooms. 

One  of  the  many  points  in  favor  of  the  Novelty  Warm  Air  System 
is  that  it  abolishes  the  radiator  as  a  feature  of  interior  maldecoration. 


DIRECT  versus  INDIRECT  HEATING 

Every  authority  on  ventilation,  every  competent  heating  engineer, 
every  physician  who  has  given  the  question  the  slightest  study  condemns 
direct  steam  or  water  heating  as  being  in  violation  of  nature’s  laws.  There 
is  no  division  of  opinion  among  tljose  who  spe^k  with  authority  on  this 
subject ;  they  agree  without  a  dissenting  voice  that  the  only  proper  way  to 
heat  an  apartment  is  by  pouring  pure  warm  air  into  it. 

Let  us  quote  one  prominent  physician  among  the  thousands  who  have 
spoken  to  the  same  effect  on  this  subject : 


Reading,  Pa.,  March  15,  1907. 

I  have  noted  that  direct  steam  and  hot  water  heating  have  an  unfavor¬ 
able  effect  upon  health,  and  this  is  particularly  marked  in  diseases  of  the 
lungs,  throat  and  respiratory  passages.  1  attribute  this  unhealthful  condition 
to  the  lack  of  proper  ventilation  in  rooms  thus  heated.  Living-rooms  should 
be  heated  by  pouring  untainted  warm  air  into  them  and  in  no  other  way. 

Few  people  appreciate  the  vital  necessity  of  ventilation.  We  spend 
one-half  of  our  lives  indoors,  and  the  quality  of  the  air  we  breathe  in  our 
houses  is  a  preponderating  factor  in  determining  the  state  of  our  health  and 
even  the  duration  of  life  itself.  ***** 


CHRISTOPHER  H.  SHEARER  (M.D.) 


